German 163rd Infantry Division

The German 163rd Infantry Division was an infantry division of the German Wehrmacht that was active from November 1939 to March 1945 during World War II. The division took part in the Norwegian Campaign of 1940, and, in June 1941, it was subordinated to the Finnish Army to fight in the Continuation War during Operation Barbarossa. In the fall of 1944, the division withdrew from Finland back into Norway, and it was transferred to Germany in early 1945. In March 1945, it was destroyed by the Soviet Red Army in Pomerania.